Push for a Rabies Free Pushkar
For the past month, we have been collecting data on the number of dogs left to be sterilized and vaccinated in Pushkar, been in talks with officials from local/ state government and religious representatives, printing information leaflets for the general public and finishing our necessary yearly repair of our dog kennels so that in the next couple of weeks we can concentrate on our aim of making a ‘Rabies Free Pushkar’.
With the world renowned event of the Pushkar’s calendar - ‘The Pushkar Mela’ coming in November 2007, we want that within the next 5 - 6 months all the stray dogs that reside on Pushkar’s streets that have not already run through our programme which we estimate at approximately another 1000 dogs are sterilised, Rabies vaccinated and treated for any disease. We currently see many cases of Rabies in animals that we rescue from Pushkar, in both the dog, donkey and cow population.
